Projects
MACH supports projects across its partnership including translational research funded through the Federal Government Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) grant scheme, and funding from the Victorian State Government.
These projects include translational pilot and proof-of-concept research projects, as well as work that supports the priorities of the Australian Health Research Alliance national collaboration.
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Patient experience of discharge after surgery with opioids from Royal Melbourne Hospital
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Improving patient flow through fracture clinics
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Using data to identify complex patients
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De-implementation of gRip sOcks in-hosPital – The DROP study
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Exploring stakeholder perspectives in implementing patient-reported outcome measures in paediatric liver and heart transplant services
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Coordinated follow up of infants exposed antenatally to alcohol and other drugs
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Transforming malignant pleural effusion management: Innovative, digitally enabled models moving care from hospital to home
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Routine Patient Reported Outcome Measures for women undergoing breast cancer surgery: setting up a PROMS platform to encompass patient-centred care, health service quality improvement and research
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Building research capacity in general practice: Identifying strategies to integrate research into routine practice
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Defining the burden of artefactual troponin elevation on hospital resource management in the ED
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Tackling the post-COVID waitlist headache at RMH
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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) virtual care – remote monitoring and automated treatment plans
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Improving equity of care across Australia for patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL)
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Co-design of a pathway to integrate primary and hospital care for chronic and complex disease patients
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Increasing engagement with the patient/carer-activated escalation pathway
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Partnering with consumers to co-design comprehensive abortion care in Melbourne’s North
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Understanding access to advanced gestation abortion services
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Investigating the use of novel virtual biologic clinics to help achieve values-based healthcare in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
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Exploring the uptake of evidence-based strategies to manage and prevent pressure injuries in the cancer setting
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The Next Big Thing
Despite the increase in number and complexity of patients attending academic hospital outpatients, research is showing fragmentation in the interdisciplinary approach to care by medicine, nursing, and allied health clinicians. To better support patient care, clinician productivity and student experience, “The Next Big Thing” pilots the use of interdisciplinary student-led care (medicine, nursing, and allied health) in hospital outpatient departments to actively participate in direct patient care and communication with primary care practitioners and community support services.Read more of the post The Next Big Thing
Late Gestation Abortion
Conducting abortions beyond 20 weeks gestation is known to result in complex health and psychosocial needs for the pregnant women. As there is only one Victorian service providing abortions at this gestational stage (Royal Women’s Hospital Abortion and Contraception Service), it is imperative that a high quality of care is provided for women and pregnant people accessing this service. This project will explore how women and people seeking abortions over 20 weeks experience this process and the subsequent care they receive.Read more of the post Late Gestation Abortion
In my Prime: Promoting positive images of older women
“Gendered ageism”, the combined effect of discrimination based on gender and age, most commonly affect older women owing to pervasive societal values that emphasise youth and physical appearance. Poor body image and ageism are known to directly impact health through reduced uptake of health screening, social isolation, eating disorders and reduced confidence, ultimately leading to accelerated physical and mental decline that shortens life expectancy. Education and intergenerational contact are key methods to reducing ageism; yet there remains a disconnect with the lack of diverse older women representation in today’s media.Read more of the post In my Prime: Promoting positive images of older women
CoMaND
Collecting high quality data is crucial to informing health care changes, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. CoMaND (Collaborative Maternity and Newborn Dashboard), an interactive digital data display, was created to provide rapid access to maternity and newborn data for clinical services, allowing MACH maternity partners to monitor the indirect impacts of the pandemic on the maternity population.Read more of the post CoMaND
Be Sweet to Babies
Newborn blood screening tests are commonly performed using the heel lance procedure. Though understandably painful, high quality synthesised evidence reveals breastfeeding and skin-skin care (SSC) to have an analgesic effect for newborns. Unfortunately, these strategies are inconsistently used in practice for both healthy term newborns and preterm infants. There is need to investigate and address the barriers preventing this knowledge-to-action gap to reduce unnecessary pain during this procedure.Read more of the post Be Sweet to Babies
Multi-Omics in Diagnosis and Research of Inherited Rare Diseases
Inherited Rare Diseases affect thousands of Australians each year. Genomics (DNA sequencing) has transformed their diagnosis but about around half of cases remain unsolved. We have shown that omics methods that detect thousands of RNAs and proteins can boost the number of diagnoses markedly. We will explore translating these technologies to routine diagnostic use.Read more of the post Multi-Omics in Diagnosis and Research of Inherited Rare Diseases
ID-Predict (Tuberculosis): Predicting recent Tuberculosis infection and future disease risk in Victorian TB contacts
Approximately 2 billion people (¼ of the world’s population), have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and 5-10% of those will fall ill with Tuberculosis (TB). The risk of developing TB can be decreased by preventative therapy, however current diagnostic tests cannot determine which of the 2 billion people infected will be the 10 million people who progress to disease every 12 months.Read more of the post ID-Predict (Tuberculosis): Predicting recent Tuberculosis infection and future disease risk in Victorian TB contacts
Understanding how immune pressure shapes immune escape mechanisms in non-small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer is a devastating disease causing 1.8 million deaths worldwide every year. Immunotherapy has dramatically improved the survival of a small subset of lung cancer patients. We aim to identify new ways to improve response to immunotherapy by understanding the communication between tumour and immune cells. We use novel approaches that integrate spatial information with molecular and cellular data to achieve this goal.Read more of the post Understanding how immune pressure shapes immune escape mechanisms in non-small cell lung cancer
Health Studies Australian National Data Asset (HeSANDA) program
The MACH Clinical Trials Consortium node aims to implement the objectives of the HeSANDA initiative throughout the consortium’s member institutions and its broader functioning environment by directly contributing to the building of the infrastructure and administrative requirements needed to support the sharing and reuse of clinical trial metadata.Read more of the post Health Studies Australian National Data Asset (HeSANDA) program
VCHRI Models of Virtual Care for Older Adults
The models of virtual care project is funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services to develop projects that contribute to the redesign and improvement of Victoria’s healthcare system, driving recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic through research-led innovation that aims to identify and assess the suitability of virtual care initiatives.Read more of the post VCHRI Models of Virtual Care for Older Adults
VCHRI Value in Care – optimising surveillance COLonoscopy (VIC-COL)
The VCHRI Value in Care project is a state-wide collaborative program of work shared between MACH, Monash Partners and Western Alliance that supports hospitals to optimise colonoscopy best practice and promote timely detection and treatment of bowel cancer.Read more of the post VCHRI Value in Care – optimising surveillance COLonoscopy (VIC-COL)
Victorian Clinical Trials Education Centre (V-CTEC)
V-CTEC will see the establishment of a not-for-profit, Victoria wide, member-based education centre, with a dedicated Learning Management System (LMS) hosting a suite of evidence- based, interactive clinical trials education opportunities suitable for a range of learning needs.Read more of the post Victorian Clinical Trials Education Centre (V-CTEC)
Social Isolation and Social Prescribing Community of Practice
A collaboration with the Australian Disease Management Association (ADMA), Bolton Clarke Research Institute, Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH), Melbourne School of Population & Global Health (MSPGH), Monash Partners, and the Western Alliance has developed an extensive network of stakeholders researching or developing programs of support for social isolation.Read more of the post Social Isolation and Social Prescribing Community of Practice
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trial Toolkit
IIT resources on the VCCC website provide the Victorian clinical trials sector with a one-stop-shop to understanding and implementing an investigator-initiated trial.Read more of the post Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trial Toolkit
National review of Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN)
The University of Melbourne Department of General Practice undertook a national review of practice-based research networks (PBRN) to determine the research capacity of PBRNs which exist in Australia in the primary care setting.Read more of the post National review of Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN)
National Clinical Trials Governance Framework
The National Clinical Trials Governance Framework (Governance Framework) was developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and is based on the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS Standards), in particular, Standard 1: Clinical Governance and Standard 2: Partnering with Consumers.Read more of the post National Clinical Trials Governance Framework
Biostatistical Support Clinics
Biostatistical consultation is critical in the proposal design, especially if an adaptive or complex methodology is being considered. The MACH Clinical Trials Committee identified a need for the provision of FREE biostatistical clinicsRead more of the post Biostatistical Support Clinics
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Ethics Resources (CALDER)
The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Ethics Resources (CALDER) project is part of an ongoing interdisciplinary project by University of Melbourne researchers to improve research equity and inclusion of CALD patients in medical research. A key finding from earlier work was the need to raise awareness of clinical research amongst older CALD people. Brief in-language videos with captioning have been developed for broad dissemination.Read more of the post Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Ethics Resources (CALDER)
Transformational Data Collaboration
MACH leads the national Transformational Data Collaboration on behalf of the Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA) to directly address the ‘integration of large data sets across the care continuum’ priority area. Australia has fragmented data holdings across all clinical domains, extending to terminologies, data models, and the quality assurance mechanisms employed. This collaboration will uplift the use of clinical data for research across Australia and engage national partners to support a consistent strategy in advancing Health Data Science.Read more of the post Transformational Data Collaboration
WEHI Consumer Buddy Program Evaluation
The WEHI buddy program is one of few programs linking consumers with laboratory researchers. Evaluation of this style of consumer engagement will strengthen the program at WEHI and guide other MACH and AHRA partners on this model.Read more of the post WEHI Consumer Buddy Program Evaluation
Culturally Adaptive Governance Framework
In the hopes to developing a standardised way of enabling organisations and projects to adapt and change in the face of uncertainty and complexity Developing, the project, ‘Culturally Adaptive Governance Framework’ (CAGF), is currently being explored. In doing so, the proposed CAGF empowers and maintains fidelity to everchanging Indigenous knowledge, values, principles, and expertise.Read more of the post Culturally Adaptive Governance Framework
Remote expert nurse consultation for pressure injury prevention and management in residential aged care
Pressure injuries (pressure ulcers) affect up to 28% of aged care residents and cost AU$983 million per annum. E-health interventions can stem the personal, system and economic burden of wounds and are necessary when isolation or distancing is required to protect residents and healthcare workers from harm such as COVID-19.Read more of the post Remote expert nurse consultation for pressure injury prevention and management in residential aged care
Safety and Rescue
Health professionals must maintain currency in a range of competencies such as hand hygiene, basic life support, and safe handling of blood. If they move from one hospital to another, proving they have recently completed these courses is a laborious process. To automate this process, MACH and a technology specialist Androgogic are creating a software solution that stores the completion dates of these courses for all healthcare professionals working at Austin Health and Eastin Health.Read more of the post Safety and Rescue
The threat of COVID-19 impacting on a quaternary healthcare service: a retrospective cohort study of administrative data
The threat of a pandemic, over and above the disease itself, may have significant and broad effects on a healthcare system. MACH and the Royal Melbourne Hospital described the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and associated societal restrictions on presentations, admissions and outpatient visits.Read more of the post The threat of COVID-19 impacting on a quaternary healthcare service: a retrospective cohort study of administrative data
Engaging older Italian-Australian and Vietnamese-Australian communities in medical research
Clinical researchers are often faced with the challenge of recruiting people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. MACH and Health Issues Centre are conducting a pilot study to compare how successful Facebook is for engaging older-Italian-Australian and older-Vietnamese Australians compared with more traditional approaches such as community groups.Read more of the post Engaging older Italian-Australian and Vietnamese-Australian communities in medical research
‘Find and Follow’: scoping the data capture, reporting and follow-up of (i) pregnancies complicated by congenital abnormalities, (ii) health and development among ‘high risk’ newborns.
There is currently no standardised approach to identifying and following up high-risk newborns, including those with a prenatal diagnosis of congenital abnormality. High-risk newborns are at risk of poor health and delayed developmental outcomes. Early intervention is key to support infants and families, yet there remains a disconnect between research and clinical practice.Read more of the post ‘Find and Follow’: scoping the data capture, reporting and follow-up of (i) pregnancies complicated by congenital abnormalities, (ii) health and development among ‘high risk’ newborns.
Clinical utility of plasma neurofilament light chain in the diagnostic screening of psychiatric and neurological disorders: An “ESR” for the brain?
Primary care physicians and specialists often have difficulty distinguishing between neurological and psychiatric disorders due to the overlap in symptoms. The availability of a simple blood test that gauges the degree of brain cell injury (high in neurological disorders, low in psychiatric disorders) would be invaluable for clinicians.Read more of the post Clinical utility of plasma neurofilament light chain in the diagnostic screening of psychiatric and neurological disorders: An “ESR” for the brain?
Hips on Track: A state-wide approach to preventing hip dislocation for young people with cerebral palsy
Hip displacement is a serious complication of cerebral palsy (CP), occurring in 85 percent of non-ambulant children. It develops insidiously. If detected early, treatment is effective. If not, hip dislocation occurs, causing intractable pain, reduced function and quality of life extending across the lifespan. There is no effective treatment for hip dislocation.Read more of the post Hips on Track: A state-wide approach to preventing hip dislocation for young people with cerebral palsy
Clinical Decision Support Integrated with e-Screening for Postnatal Depression
One in seven women experience postnatal depression, yet only 10 percent receive adequate treatment. Postnatal depression screening is mainly conducted by time-poor Maternal & Child Health Nurses (MCHNs) who are not mental health specialists and receive limited clinical guidance for ongoing management and referrals. Current paper-and-pencil procedures are inconsistent and error-prone.Read more of the post Clinical Decision Support Integrated with e-Screening for Postnatal Depression
Clinical and community service provision for people with disabilities: Investigating the perspectives of the health care workforce and their clients
The full-scale ‘roll out’ of the National Disability Insurance Scheme began in 2016 and represents the largest social welfare reform since the introduction of Medicare in Australia. This project will unpack the influence of federally imposed changes to disability service delivery on healthcare workers, as well as persons with disabilities (PWD).Read more of the post Clinical and community service provision for people with disabilities: Investigating the perspectives of the health care workforce and their clients
Physical activity guidelines implementation via information and communication technology for vulnerable older adults with poor cognitive and mental health living in the community
Older adults with poor mental and cognitive health are particularly vulnerable during self-isolation. Physical activity (PA) offers physical, cognitive and mental health benefits, and the Australian Government advises all self-isolating Australians to create a home-based exercise routine. PA guidelines for older adults are available, and there is an urgent need for implementation.Read more of the post Physical activity guidelines implementation via information and communication technology for vulnerable older adults with poor cognitive and mental health living in the community
Can flash glucose monitoring improve blood glucose control in Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes
Diabetes is a major problem for Indigenous Australians. Currently, monitoring blood glucose levels through frequent painful finger pricks is inconsistent. Flash glucose monitors are easy-to use, new devices worn on the arm providing real-time blood glucose levels to guide treatment. The project team will analyse whether these monitors help Indigenous Australians understand and manage blood glucose levels to avoid downstream complications of diabetes like heart disease and kidney failure.Read more of the post Can flash glucose monitoring improve blood glucose control in Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes
Consolidation of record linkage algorithms in Victoria and beyond
Many state and national data repositories, for example BioGrid and NPS MedicineInsight, use GRHANITE privacy protecting data linkage algorithms and are incompatible for data linkage with those using alternative algorithms such as Outcome Health. This significantly impacts the ability to link and use GP data across Victoria and nationally.Read more of the post Consolidation of record linkage algorithms in Victoria and beyond
Research capacity building through complex trial design symposia
The design and statistical analysis of clinical trials is progressing to include more complex designs to reduce the cost and time of running clinical trials. There are few experts in complex designs and importantly clinical researchers are not also aware of or familiar with new more complex designs. ally taken an observational role with minimal active participation and experiential learning.Read more of the post Research capacity building through complex trial design symposia
Evaluating the impact of a psychological intervention to reduce the severe stress and psychological morbidity of people with chronic kidney disease: The Kidney Optimal Health Program (KOHP): Stage 2
The progressive loss of kidney function leading to end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a severe and debilitating health problem, with the prevalence of CKD in Australians steadily increasing. Aside from the physical effects, CKD patients experience high rates of comorbid depression and anxiety.Read more of the post Evaluating the impact of a psychological intervention to reduce the severe stress and psychological morbidity of people with chronic kidney disease: The Kidney Optimal Health Program (KOHP): Stage 2
Mapping of ageing and aged care expertise across the MACH network and development of plain English articles translating research outcomes and recommendations for consumers
This activity will map expertise in ageing and aged care research across the MACH network and beyond to increase collaboration opportunities. The findings will be nationally disseminated and made publicly available to enhance translational research collaboration.Read more of the post Mapping of ageing and aged care expertise across the MACH network and development of plain English articles translating research outcomes and recommendations for consumers
Establishing a stroke biobank to examine protein and genetic biomarkers for post-stroke cognitive decline in the Post Ischaemic Stroke Cardiovascular Exercise Study (PISCES)
Vascular brain burden is the greatest determinant of late-life cognition. People with stroke are at increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia, and yet are usually excluded from intervention studies. We need to target high-risk populations to reduce dementia risk and identify genetic and protein markers for post-stroke cognitive decline.Read more of the post Establishing a stroke biobank to examine protein and genetic biomarkers for post-stroke cognitive decline in the Post Ischaemic Stroke Cardiovascular Exercise Study (PISCES)
Reducing persisting symptoms following child concussion: a randomised controlled clinical trial
Despite being an increasing public health concern, and a 40 percent rate of debilitating, persisting post-concussive symptoms (PCS), current knowledge regarding child and adolescent concussion is inadequate to direct effective, timely, low cost treatment. To date, clinical management has failed to recognise the vastly different needs of the individual child.Read more of the post Reducing persisting symptoms following child concussion: a randomised controlled clinical trial
Dynamic consent as a new approach for engaging people in health research and upholding data sovereignty – Victorian Aboriginal perspectives
Clinical research carries unique risks for Aboriginal people, particularly those providing broad consent such that their data and material may be shared widely. In the pursuit of self-determination Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people are seeking new approaches to consent that support Indigenous data sovereignty, decisional autonomy and research engagement.Read more of the post Dynamic consent as a new approach for engaging people in health research and upholding data sovereignty – Victorian Aboriginal perspectives
Future Health Today Project: Co-design of Prototype
Nearly half of all Australians have at least one chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease and chronic kidney disease, and most of these people will attend general practice. Early diagnosis and management is critical to ensure optimal health outcomes and technology has the capacity to facilitate this.Read more of the post Future Health Today Project: Co-design of Prototype
Improving the care of children with frequent asthma admissions through partnerships with hospitals, GPs and families
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood illness and accounts for most paediatric hospital admissions. Approximately 1 in 5 Australian children are re-admitted to hospital after their first admission. To prevent frequent, costly admissions, we need to understand factors in a child’s care journey associated with re-admissions.Read more of the post Improving the care of children with frequent asthma admissions through partnerships with hospitals, GPs and families
Integrating Osteoporosis in Primary Care: The Osteoporosis Risk and Management (ORMA) Project
By 2022, it is estimated that 6.2 million Australians older than 50 years of age will have osteoporosis or osteopenia, a rise of 31% from 2012. However, less than 20% of patients presenting to healthcare services with minimal trauma fractures are investigated or treated for osteoporosis.Read more of the post Integrating Osteoporosis in Primary Care: The Osteoporosis Risk and Management (ORMA) Project
Liberal glUcose Control in critically Ill patient with pre-existing type 2 Diabetes (LUCID): a phase IIB multi-centre parallel group randomised clinical trial
Each year more than 30,000 patients with type 2 diabetes require Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. Hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose) is treated identically in all ICU patients regardless of pre-existing diabetes but treatment increases the risk of hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose), which is harmful.Read more of the post Liberal glUcose Control in critically Ill patient with pre-existing type 2 Diabetes (LUCID): a phase IIB multi-centre parallel group randomised clinical trial
Closing the gap on Indigenous cardiovascular (CV) health: Improving community outcomes through high impact policy relevant research.
We need to understand why Indigenous Australians are less likely to receive evidence-based-cardiovascular (CV) care despite being at higher risk for heart attack and stroke. To motivate change, we also need to demonstrate the health and economic savings that could be achieved if evidence-based-CV care were better implemented in this community.Read more of the post Closing the gap on Indigenous cardiovascular (CV) health: Improving community outcomes through high impact policy relevant research.
Tenecteplase versus Alteplase for Stroke Thrombolysis Evaluation Trial in the Ambulance (TASTEa)
Currently, alteplase is the standard clot-dissolving therapy for ischemic stroke, however this treatment is only effective in 30-45% of patients. Importantly, treatment of ischemic stroke is more effective when given within 90 minutes of stroke onset. Means of treating patients earlier with more effective therapies are needed.Read more of the post Tenecteplase versus Alteplase for Stroke Thrombolysis Evaluation Trial in the Ambulance (TASTEa)
Developing precision medicine for the developmental and epileptic encephalopathies
Epileptic encephalopathies (EEs) are severe epilepsies that begin in infancy and childhood with devastating outcomes. Children have uncontrolled epilepsy, severe to profound developmental impairment, and other conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and high mortality risk.Read more of the post Developing precision medicine for the developmental and epileptic encephalopathies
Enhancing Muscle POWER in Geriatric Rehabilitation: EMPOWER-GR
The worldwide population is ageing; it is expected that the proportion of people aged 60 years and above will triple over the next 30 years. The longer we live, the more age-related diseases we get. Sarcopenia – low muscle mass – is a significant problem for us as we age.Read more of the post Enhancing Muscle POWER in Geriatric Rehabilitation: EMPOWER-GR
Integration of retinal photography and artificial intelligence to build opportunistic screening services in primary care settings
Vision impairment and blindness are major public health problems in Australia. Over 50% of the blindness in those aged over 40 years is caused by just three diseases. Even though 80% of vision loss is avoidable, around 50% of cases in Australia are undiagnosed. These diseases are hard to catch early though as patients often have no symptoms.Read more of the post Integration of retinal photography and artificial intelligence to build opportunistic screening services in primary care settings
Melbourne Thunderstorm Epidemic of Asthma: Solving the puzzle
In 2016, Melbourne suffered an asthma epidemic that led to the activation of disaster codes. Emergency services were overwhelmed and 10 people died. Currently there is no reason to believe this will not occur again. To be prepared we need to understand what puts certain people at risk, develop treatments and build an early warning system.Read more of the post Melbourne Thunderstorm Epidemic of Asthma: Solving the puzzle